European authorities investigate an international criminal syndicate alleged to have fixed soccer matches around the world from its base in Singapore. The WSJ's Chun Han Wong has the details.

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I ... the the ... the match fixing scandal that has gripped the world has now come to Singapore ... where the small city state has allegedly had a role ... in helping fix the matches with me to discuss this is ten Hanlong ... reporter for The Wall Street Journal Imagine ceasefire is in Singapore ... thanks for joining us Canon law ... so tell me why is the focus now on Singapore and what role did the city state allegedly having this whole scandal ... and ... on Monday when you who were just the group the European police forces ... to announce that investigation being ... named a simple criminal syndicates ... know this is to be involved in fixing some of the matches that are investigating ... so just a short recap of Aussie time eating matches go on a suspicious van ... the belief that the that been fixed ... and three hundred and ... one in regions ... outside of Europe including ... Africa Asia ... South and Central America and don't base came a day you can investigators believe that some of them have been fixed to the Singapore syndicates ... and the lead as the senior members of the syndicate of these to be based in Singapore ... and of cos pace to notch unbundled operations on the city state ... and it ... has ... gotten a lot of ... media play in Singapore I felt ... people reading the news that it can fix by this story ... it's the new in Singapore actually because I'm ... Singapore and has been involved in ... match fixing scandal is in the house but ... as recently as two thousand eleven ... of major offers the fund is very syndicate that were talking about sports events in Finland ... this guy Kovco's ... room on and ... on according to the shows and ... invested Jonathan spoken to ... on some of this to some the investigations have been based on ... evidence provided by the end and ... so sits down to this kind and ... and that's helped caution due to what it what did not investigation has also ... announced on Monday ... but its interesting or call up public perception um ... there's there's quite a bit of me to accomplish the local press that covered its especially this avoids the template that this local tell but you can question the sheetrock on ... the allegedly media two years ago and discussed a row ... and then ... we've been calling on the story quite a ... mostly I'm trying to keep up with the latest economists call ... the contest thingy and ... I tell me a little bit about what you know ... about how these matches were actually there ... were entire teams involved I know we know that number was ... somewhere above six hundred but ... how do they actually carry out the match fixing ... according to the burden to see the Jonas an ... ex investigate its present spoken to ... them is actually quite a sophisticated ... way to go bargain things the snow set ... approach to fix the game ... but so are there different approaches where other than Joe the Joker suppose because the two elements to affix it ... to to make up its offer sixteen this once I get that fixed IP fixed again yet to get ... too much fixes on the ground ... of deal would do deals with ... the players officials team coaches ... upbeat and national associations ... as a whole ... on you and you get them on Take and Denby's either side of the operation is today the bets ... which is to try to find a way to evade detection ... case the bets ... in the service to notch a winning bid at a profit ... all ... the bizarre that you're trying to arrange ... service to the mentions that this and done ... what can be greeted at the bear this initiative behind this sense ... the Singapore syndicate is the man of down time ... and he's ... got to be the panacea of this syndicate so ... his joys of like providing the capital ... of old provided over the action to become not just on a fixed make them they can tie ups with other ... associates in other countries like the two matches people joined the fees to ... where they would ... potentially Tristano fixes and then he would approve ... provide money to ... upgrade its rush to go up to these places ... and actually read Fixed lucky and so what do another sign of the business which is to get people to say that that's been able to top it ... off those six games ... thank you so much airtime ten Hanlong ... reporter with The Wall Street Journal and add to his last ... on the story has added Avista dot com facial today on my because Sanchanta ...